Beyond boosting community health, this program could also come with environmental benefits. According to one calculator, biking 10 miles to work and back every day instead of driving is enough to add 72 days to your life expectancy and reduce your CO2 emissions by around 15,264 pounds (the equivalent of planting 32 trees).

Depending on how things roll out in Wales (pun very much intended), the Cardiff and Vale program could expand to other parts of the U.K., and we hope it rides over stateside soon too.